da Vinci Scroll 10/18/19

Upcoming da Vinci Calendar HighlightsPPS Calendar 10/ 20 - 10/25, Outdoor School for all 6th graders 10/24/19, PTSA Meeting, 7 pm Library 10/25, Drama Dept Rummage Sale, London Trip fundraiser 3:30 pm, Auditorium 10/28, Picture retakes 11/1, Planning Day, no school for students 11/4, Quarter 2 starts 11/5, Lottery window opens for MS and HS11/7&8 and 14&15, Hamlet, 6:30 pm, da Vinci Auditorium, tickets are on the website 11/11, Veterans’ Day Holiday, no school 11/12, Pizzicato Dough for Dollars fundraiser for the da Vinci Foundation, 28th & Burnside location11/13, Information session for 20-21 enrollment 11/16, Hamlet, Fall Festival of Shakespeare at Winningstad Theatre 11/19, Open house and Information session for 20-21 enrollment 11/25 & 26 Conferences 11/27, 28 & 29, Thanksgiving break 

Thank you to all the Locker Painting Volunteers! We had so much wonderful family support and it all went as planned. From priming to tarping to painting with the students, we are so appreciative of all the help! Special thanks to Ruthann Lentz for spending two entire days organizing supplies and another day cleaning up at the end. Come see the lockers the next time you are in the building. If your student still wants to work on their locker after school, they can. They just need to have adult supervision, use a tarp to protect the floor and not use the bathroom sinks for cleanup. 

Outdoor School students leave Sunday, October 20th at 3 pm The reminder sheet that went home this week with students is attached and the packing list is on Katie’s website. Please arrive by 2:50 to find parking and load buses. Do not park in front of the school. The buses will be lined up on Everett St. and labeled for each site. We will need a few parents to help with loading the gear onto each bus from the back door. Students should be able to carry their own luggage. When teachers are ready, they will check off students as they get on the bus. If there are any medications, give them to the teacher assigned to that site. Pack for a few rainy days and chilly nights. 

Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) at da Vinci   Please visit our school library’s website for more information on OBOB and the schedule of OBOB events at our school. All information has been updated. Printed registration forms are also ready for students in the library. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, December 4th! There is no charge to participate!  Da Vinci library has copies of each of the 16 titles for students to read to take part in the competition.  Contact Ms. Robertson srobertson@pps.net if you have questions or you would like to volunteer with OBOB at our school. Thank you.

Da Vinci Arts Fair Needs YOU The Arts Fair team is hard at work with recruiting vendors and preparing for our annual event on December 7th. We really need to have some committee roles filled for this event to be successful. Please consider one of the following as outlined from Sabrina Arts Fair Committee Jobs
that still need to be filled as of 10/17/19

• Volunteer Coordinator: You will help recruit parents/guardians/Leo leaders to help out at the Arts Fair and have them sign up thru our SignUp Genius (SUG) page starting in November. Help set up the SUG. Just make changes as needed from last year’s SUG. Monitor SUG and make sure we get enough volunteers. Set up a manual sign up sheet during conferences and transfer those sign-ups to the SUG. Must be mostly available Dec. 6th for AF setup and also all day during the AF. 

• Food/Cafe managers: (2-3 needed) This is a larger job, but extremely important. Violet, one of last year’s cafe managers, is still helping out but we need more help. This job requires a food handlers permit, which we will pay for, and requires you to do a short test on-line. You will help acquire donations of food and beverage, prepare shopping lists, shop for whatever is needed, prep food both Dec. 6 and 7 and also be there all day on the 7th to run the cafe. Splitting up the duties of this job makes it much more manageable. 

• House Manager (1-2 more needed) This is an important role and you will be assigned one of the main artist selling spaces to oversee and put out fires. You get a walkie-talkie. We need one person in Gym and one person in Cafeteria (would also love to have one person for gallery area). You need to be available Dec. 6 and 7th all day. We can get you in the loop right away so you know how we do things at the AF, from set-up to tear down. 

• Budget: are you good at excel or google sheets? We need someone to set up our budget so we know how much we spent vs. how much we bring in. We also have a Square App system to keep track of inventory which makes it a lot easier. We have a google sheet from last year you can see...it needs help!

Please email Arts Fair committee chairperson, Sabrina Henley, sabrina@sanedesign.biz, 
Next AF committee meeting: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 8:45 am at da Vinci in the teacher’s lounge. We try to meet weekly until the Fair.

2019-2010 Enrollment Dates Please see the PPS Enrollment and Transfer site for more information about next year’s enrollment for High School and the MS lottery window. 

PIL Winter Sports Registration Now Meetings and registration for youth basketball and wrestling are beginning soon. Please see the PIL website for cluster-specific information. Students participate in their HS area teams. 

Empathy Club to start Wednesday, 11/23
Members, non-members & all are welcome to join the da Vinci Arts Empathy Club this Wednesday, October 23, from 3:30-5:00 pm in Portable F/ the ceramics portable.
Local artist, Aimee Sitarz will lead a discussion on Art & Activism. Any questions/ ideas/ etc. please contact: daVinciArtsEmpathyClub@gmail.com

Hamlet Rehearsals Please see the da Vinci Drama website for updated rehearsal information. Tickets are now available on School Pay with links to each show on the da Vinci website. Tickets for the Fall Festival Show at the Winningstad Theatre are available from Portland Playhouse.